§56ὅπερ συνέβη· πεισθέντων γὰρ ταῦτα τῶν στρατηγῶν καὶ ναυτικοῦ συλλεγέντος Λακεδαιμόνιοι μὲν κατεναυμαχήθησαν καὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπεστερήθησαν, οἱ δʼ Ἕλληνες ἠλευθερώθησαν, ἡ δὲ πόλις ἡμῶν τῆς τε παλαιᾶς δόξης μέρος τι πάλιν ἀνέλαβε καὶ τῶ συμμάχων ἡγεμὼν κατέστη.
And this is what happened; for the generals having been persuaded of these things and a fleet having been assembled, the Lacedaemonians were defeated in a sea-fight and deprived of their rule, while the Greeks were liberated, and our city regained a portion of her ancient glory and was established as the leader of the allies.
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐπράχθη Κόνωνος μὲν στρατηγοῦντος, Εὐαγόρου δὲ τοῦτό τε παρασχόντος καὶ τῆς δυνάμεως τὴν πλείστην παρασκευάσαντος.
And these things were accomplished with Conon acting as general, and Evagoras providing this opportunity and preparing the greatest part of the force.
§57ὑπὲρ ὧν ἡμεῖς μὲν αὐτοὺς ἐτιμήσαμεν ταῖς μεγίσταις τιμαῖς καὶ τὰς εἰκόνας αὐτῶν ἐστήσαμεν οὗπερ τὸ τοῦ Διὸς ἄγαλμα τοῦ σωτῆρος, πλησίον ἐκείνου τε καὶ σφῶν αὐτῶν, ἀμφοτέρων ὑπόμνημα καὶ τοῦ μεγέθους τῆς εὐεργεσίας καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πρὸς ἀλλήλους.
For these services we honored them with the greatest honors and set up their statues where the statue of Zeus the Savior stands, near both him and each other, as a memorial of both the magnitude of their beneficence and their friendship toward one another.
βασιλεὺς δʼ οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν γνώμην ἔσχε περὶ αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ ὅσῳ μείζω καὶ πλείονος ἄξια κατειργάσαντο, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἔδεισεν αὐτούς.
But the king did not hold the same opinion about them; rather, the greater and more worthy deeds they accomplished, the more he feared them.
περὶ μὲν οὖν Κόνωνος ἄλλος ἡμῖν ἔσται λόγος· ὅτι δὲ πρὸς Εὐαγόραν οὕτως ἔσχεν, οὐδʼ αὐτὸς λαθεῖν ἐζήτησεν.
Now, concerning Conon we shall have another discourse; but that he was thus disposed toward Evagoras, not even the king himself sought to conceal.
§58φαίνεται γὰρ μᾶλλον μὲν σπουδάσας περὶ τὸν ἐν Κύπρῳ πόλεμον ἢ περὶ τοὺς ἄλλους ἅπαντας, μείζω δὲ καὶ χαλεπώτερον ἐκεῖνον ἀνταγωνιστὴν νομίσας ἢ Κῦρον τὸν περὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἀμφισβητήσαντα.
For he is seen to have been more earnest about the war in Cyprus than about all the others, and to have considered him a greater and more formidable adversary than Cyrus, who disputed the kingship.
μέγιστον δὲ τεκμήριον· τοῦ μὲν γὰρ ἀκούων τὰς παρασκευὰς τοσοῦτον κατεφρόνησεν ὥστε διὰ τὸ μὴ φροντίζειν μικροῦ δεῖν ἔλαθεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ βασίλειον ἐπιστάς· πρὸς δὲ τοῦτον οὕτως ἐκ πολλοῦ περιδεῶς ἔσχεν, ὥστε μεταξὺ πάσχων εὖ πολεμεῖν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπεχείρησε, δίκαια μὲν οὐ ποιῶν, οὐ μὴν παντάπασιν ἀλόγως βουλευσάμενος.
And this is the greatest proof: for when hearing of the preparations of the former, he so despised them that because of his lack of concern it all but escaped his notice that Cyrus had arrived at the palace; but toward the latter he was so fearful long beforehand that, even while receiving benefits from him, he attempted to wage war against him, acting indeed unjustly, but yet deliberating not altogether without reason.
§59ἠπίστατο μὲν γὰρ πολλοὺς καὶ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καὶ τῶν βαρβάρων ἐκ ταπεινῶν καὶ φαύλων πραγμάτων μεγάλας δυναστείας κατεργασαμένους, ᾐσθάνετο δὲ τὴν Εὐαγόρου μεγαλοψυχίαν καὶ τὰς ἐπιδόσεις αὐτῷ καὶ τῆς δόξης καὶ τῶν πραγμάτων οὐ κατὰ μικρὸν γιγνομένας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ἀνυπέρβλητον ἔχοντα καὶ τὴν τύχην αὐτῷ συναγωνιζομένην·
For he knew that many, both of the Greeks and of the barbarians, had established great empires from humble and mean beginnings, and he perceived the greatness of soul of Evagoras, and that the advances of his glory and power were taking place in no small measure, but also that he possessed an insurmountable nature and that fortune was fighting on his side.
§60ὥστʼ οὐχ ὑπὲρ τῶν γεγενημένων ὀργιζόμενος ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν μελλόντων φοβούμενος, οὐδὲ περὶ Κύπρου μόνον δεδιώς, ἀλλὰ πολὺ περὶ μειζόνων ἐποιήσατο τὸν πόλεμον πρὸς αὐτόν.
Therefore, not being angry on account of past events but fearing for the future, and not being anxious for Cyprus alone but for far greater things, he undertook the war against him.
οὕτω δʼ οὖν ὥρμησεν ὥστʼ εἰς τὴν στρατείαν ταύτην πλέον ἢ τάλαντα πεντακισχίλια καὶ μύρια κατηνάλωσεν.
At all events, he was so eager that he spent more than fifteen thousand talents on this expedition.
§61ἀλλʼ ὅμως Εὐαγόρας πάσαις ἀπολελειμμένος ταῖς δυνάμεσιν, ἀντιτάξας τὴν αὑτοῦ γνώμην πρὸς τὰς οὕτως ὑπερμεγέθεις παρασκευάς, ἐπέδειξεν αὑτὸν ἐν τούτοις πολὺ θαυμαστότερον ἢ τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς προειρημένοις.
But nevertheless Evagoras, though left behind in all forces, by opposing his own resolve to preparations so exceedingly great, showed himself in these things much more admirable than in all the others previously mentioned.
ὅτε μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν εἴων εἰρήνην ἄγειν, §62τὴν αὑτοῦ πόλιν μόνην εἶχεν· ἐπειδὴ δʼ ἠναγκάσθη πολεμεῖν, τοιοῦτος ἦν καὶ τοιοῦτον εἶχε Πνυταγόραν τὸν υἱὸν τὸν αὑτοῦ συναγωνιστὴν ὥστε μικροῦ μὲν ἐδέησε Κύπρον ἅπασαν κατασχεῖν, Φοινίκην δʼ ἐπόρθησε, Τύρον δὲ κατὰ κράτος εἷλε, Κιλικίαν δὲ βασιλέως ἀπέστησε, τοσούτους δὲ τῶν πολεμίων ἀπώλεσεν ὥστε πολλοὺς Περσῶν πενθοῦντας τὰς αὑτῶν συμφορὰς μεμνῆσθαι τῆς ἀρετῆς τῆς ἐκείνου·
For as long as they allowed him to remain at peace, he held only his own city; but when he was forced to wage war, he was of such character and had his son Pnytagoras as such an ally that he all but succeeded in mastering the whole of Cyprus, ravaged Phoenicia, took Tyre by storm, made Cilicia revolt from the king, and destroyed so many of the enemy that many of the Persians, mourning their own misfortunes, remembered his virtue.
§63τελευτῶν δʼ οὕτως ἐνέπλησεν αὐτοὺς τοῦ πολεμεῖν, ὥστʼ εἰθισμένων τὸν ἄλλον χρόνον τῶν βασιλέων μὴ διαλλάττεσθαι τοῖς ἀποστᾶσι πρὶν κύριοι γένοιντο τῶν σωμάτων, ἄσμενοι τὴν εἰρήνην ἐποιήσαντο, λύσαντες μὲν τὸν νόμον τοῦτον, οὐδὲν δὲ κινήσαντες τῆς Εὐαγόρου τυραννίδος.
And in the end he so sated them with fighting that, though it was the custom of the kings in former times not to reconcile with those who revolted until they became masters of their persons, they gladly made peace, breaking this custom and leaving the tyranny of Evagoras completely undisturbed.
§64καὶ Λακεδαιμονίων μὲν τῶν καὶ δόξαν καὶ δύναμιν μεγίστην ἐχόντων κατʼ ἐκεῖνον τὸν χρόνον ἐντὸς τριῶν ἐτῶν ἀφείλετο τὴν ἀρχήν, Εὐαγόρα δὲ πολεμήσας ἔτη δέκα τῶν αὐτῶν κύριον αὐτὸν κατέλιπεν, ὧνπερ ἦν καὶ πρὶν εἰς τὸν πόλεμον εἰσελθεῖν.
And while from the Lacedaemonians, who held the greatest reputation and power at that time, he took away their rule within three years, yet having waged war against Evagoras for ten years, he left him master of the very same things which he had possessed before entering the war.
ὃ δὲ πάντων δεινότατον· τὴν γὰρ πόλιν, ἣν Εὐαγόρας ἑτέρου τυραννοῦντος μετὰ πεντήκοντʼ ἀνδρῶν εἷλε, ταύτην βασιλεὺς ὁ μέγας τοσαύτην δύναμιν ἔχων οὐχ οἷός τʼ ἐγένετο χειρώσασθαι.
And what is most extraordinary of all: the city which Evagoras, while another was ruling it, captured with fifty men, the Great King with so great power was unable to subdue.